Visuo-haptic interactions in unilateral spatial neglect: The cross modal Judd illusion

Frontiers in Psychology

Volumn 2, Issue NOV, 2011, Pages

  Mancini, Flavia ^a,b   Bricolo, Emanuela ^a   Mattioli, Flavia C ^c   Vallar, Giuseppe ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILANO BICOCCA   (Italy)

^b ISTITUTO AUXOLOGICO ITALIANO   (Italy)

^c SPEDALI CIVILI   (Italy)

Author keywords

Haptics; Illusion; Multisensory integration; Somatosensory; Touch; Unilateral spatial neglect; Vision

Indexed keywords

EID: 84858449856     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16641078     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2011.00341     Document Type: Article

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